Clothes-rack.



F. D. PELLETIER.

CLOTHES RACK.

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Patented June 23,1914

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AITORNEK F. D. PELLETIERQ CLOTHES RACK. APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1913.

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FRANK D. PELLETIER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CLOTHES-RACK.

. possible and also to present a more sightly appearance.

The present invention relates more especially to a form of such folding racks which is particularly adapted for use in confined spaces, such as the berth of a sleeping car, a very small room, or the like.

The invention consists in the novel con" struction, arrangement and combination of various devices and parts, as particularly shown in the drawings forming a part hereof and described in this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front View of a rack embodying one form of my invention, showing the same applied to the edge of a partition or the like; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a similar section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a front view of another embodiment of the invention showing the same applied to the surface of a wall, a panel or the like; Fig. (5 is a side view of the same; Fig. 7 is a front view of the structure showing the outer or covering member removed; Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical section on the line 88 of Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 is a transverse horizontal section.

In carrying my invention into efiect in the embodiment thereof shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, I form in the edge of a partition or a projecting post or the like, marked 10 in the drawings, an elongated recess or socket 11, shaped in cross section as shown in Fig. 4 and extending vertically for a suitable distance, and in the sides of this recess I form narrow grooves 12, adapted to receive the edges 13 of a curved cover-plate 14, preferably of sheet-metal and of an approximately semicylindrical form. This cover-plate 14 is somewhat shorter than the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 13. 1913.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Serial No. 767,271.

recess 11, so that the plate may slide up and down in said recess. The plate 14 is provided with slots 15 and with a notch 16, and in the back of the recess 11 is set a stud 17 upon which acts a sprin 18 which tends to keep said stud 17 pushed outward so as to engage with the notch 16 in the coverplate 14 and hold the same in its elevated position as long as desired. The cover-plate 14 is also provided with slots 19 near its edges, and pins 20 are provided which pass through protruding portions of the floor of the recess 11 and the ends of which engage with the slots 19, allowing the cover-plate to slide up and down but preventing it from falling outward. Certain portions of the partition 10 lying behind the recess 11 and the cover-plate 14 are further cut away to form sockets adapted to receive the clotheshooks 21, which are pivotally secured therein. These hooks may be of any suitable type and as such are already known in the art, it is not necessary to describe same here, \Vhen the cover-plate is depressed, the hooks swing downward and project out through the slots 15, but when the cover-plate is raised the hooks are swung upward and inward and are thus out of the way; these two positions of the hooks are shown more particularly in Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of my invention shown in Figs. 5 to 9 inclusive, I provide a backplate 80, which may be secured to a wall 31 by screws 32 or in any suitable manner. Pivotally secured to this back-plate are hooks 33, which may be of the type already mentioned or of any other suitable form. The side edges of the plate 30 are bent outward and then inward, forming flanges 34. I further provide a cover 35, of tray-like form, the side edges of which are bent outward to form flanges 36, which are adapted to fit under and engage with the flanges 34 on the plate 80, thus permitting the cover 35 to slide up and down. In order to preventthe cover from sliding down too far I provide studs secured to the back-plate, which engage with the upper edge of the cover as shown in Fig. 8, and a stud 37 secured to the back plate by a spring strip 38 supports the cover in its elevated position by engaging with a perforation in the said cover when the cover is raised as shown in Fig. 7. I also provide perforations or notches 39 in the upper edge of the cover in which rest the hooks 33 when the cover is lowered and the hooks depressed as shown in Fig. 8.

The operation of my invention is obvious, and need not be particularly described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A device of the kind described comprising a support, hooks pivotally secured to said support, and a cover for said hooks adapted to slide upward and downward and to collapse and close up said hooks when in one position and to allow said hooks to swing downward when in another position, said cover being provided with slots through which said hooks project when said cover is in its lowered position.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a support provided with grooves, hooks pivotally secured to said support, a cover for said hooks adapted to slide upward and downward and to collapse and close up said hooks when in one position and to allow said hooks to swing downward when in another position, means for slidablv securing said cover, said cover being of approximately semi-cylindrical form, the edges thereof be ing adapted to slide in the said grooves of the said support.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a support provided with grooves, hooks pivotally secured to said support, a cover for said hooks adapted to slide upward and downward and to collapse and close up said hooks when in one position and to allow said hooks to swing downward when in another position, means for slidably securinp; said cover, said cover being of approxiinateiy semi-cylindrical form, the edges thereof being adapted to slide in the said grooves of the said support, and being pro *ided with slots adapted to engage with said cover securing means.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed n13 name this 8th day of April, 1913, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK D. PELLETIER.

Vitnesses ARTHUR M. TAYLOR, Isaac l AU.

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